FTP'ing Webpages To The Server
You will need to have an Internet connection before you can FTP to the server!
FTP stands for File Transfer Protocal and is the method we will use to put your web pages on the server. There are a few terms you will need to know before we get started.
Local Site - The local site is your disk, hard drive or wherever you are going to be working on your pages.
Remote Site - The remote site will be the server. That is where your web pages will be placed for the world to see.
Upload - Uploading a file is just another phrase for transfering a file from the local site to the remote site.
You only need to do this once per site.
From the toolbar at the top of the screen, select SITE >> DEFINE SITES
You should be presented with a box similar to the one below. Select the name of the site you want to upload to the server.
For my example, the site is called TIMMS. For you, the site will be whatever you defined it to be in the previous lecture. When you have clicked on the site, it will be blue. Click the EDIT button to the right.. You will be presented with a new box like the one below.
Under Local Root Folder, either type the name of the path, or click on the folder to the right to search for it. This will be filled in for you already if you followed the earlier lecture.
In the left box, click on Remote Info. You will be presented with a box similar to the one below.
In the box next to Access, click the down arrow and select FTP.
In the box labeled FTP Host: type student.ccbc.cc.md.us
In the box labeled Host Directory: type in /home/your_login_name/www
NOTE: I have these lecture notes i n a subdirectory called TIMMS. This subdirectory
name has no relationship to the site name.
In the box labeled Login type in your own login name.
In the box labeled Password type in your password. If you are using a machine at home, you may want to click the little square next to the Save box. If you are at a machine that has public access, do NOT check this box. You do not want everybody to have access to you space on the server.
When you are done, click OK.
Finally, click on DONE.
To actually ftp your files to the server, all you need to do is follow the steps below.
Make sure you are logged onto the Internet or this will not work!!
From the menu bar, select Window >> Site Files.
You will be presented with a box similar to the one below.
Next to the Site box, there is a button with a little plug on it. It is to the left of the button circle button (which refreshes the directories). Click on this button. It will allow you to connect to the server, called the remote host.
You will now be prompted for a password. Fill in the password you were given (from Sylvia via email) for the server and hit OK.
After a few moments, you will be presented with the box below.
Finally, highlight the files (or folder) you want to transfer
to the server. Click on the up arrow (it is blue) 
.
Wait a few moments and your files will be on the server. If you are ftp'ing
an HTML file to the server, you will be prompted about whether or not you want
to include any dependent files. Dependent files include the images that are
related to your webpage. See the box below.
If the dependent files are already on the server, it will be faster if you say No. If the dependent files are not on the server, say Yes.
One final note about ftp. If you have changed a file, but not saved it to your disk before you attempt to ftp it to the server, Dreamweaver will let you know and ask you if you want to save the file before you ftp it.
If you answer yes, the modified version will be sent to the server. If you answer no, the last saved version will be sent to the server. If you answer cancel, the upload process will be cancelled.
Copyright 2002: Donna Tupper